More finance – Page 162
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AnalysisOcado moves to deliver on flotation
Ocado is bullish about its plans to float, but with the online grocer yet to make a pre-tax profit, is the IPO a good deal for investors
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OpinionOcado investors should be in it for the long haul
“EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for gross profit/(loss), operating profit/(loss), profit/(loss) before tax.” Wise words from an unexpected place - none other than the very small print at the end of Ocado’s announcement of its intention to float, released last Thursday.
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OpinionKesa turns on to change
Activist investor Knight Vinke put some spark in electricals retailer Kesa’s share price this week after building up a 3% stake.
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AnalysisGetting retail mergers right
Bringing two retailers together does not always ensure instant success or results. Mark Faithfull looks at the secrets of getting the process right
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OpinionA matter of quality
Quality of management is typically one of the focal points for investors in any business. And in these celebrity-obsessed times, a business version of X Factor is often played out when retail’s big roles are up for grabs
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AnalysisTraffic Jams
As trade becomes increasingly unpredictable, Liz Morrell asks retailers whether it is down to multichannel, competition from leisure, the weather or something more fundamental
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OpinionTime for a retail coalition
If politicians can do it, why can’t retail join forces for the greater good, says Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionDalton Philips means business
Morrisons’ new chief executive Dalton Philips has wasted no time in beefing up his board with the appointment of Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson to join as its group commercial director.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How is the change of government going to impact trading?
How is the change of government going to impact trading?
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AnalysisThe price is right?
Despite topline inflation being high, an expected period of low shop price inflation could be painful for food retailers
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OpinionAdapt to survive in the new austerity
Over the past 10 to 15 years, the retail industry has enjoyed near-relentless growth, producing a market in which virtually all could continue to thrive, riding in a slipstream of rising demand.
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AnalysisBanking facilities
After the recession, banks are once again starting to take a more flexible approach to providing retailers with lending facilities
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OpinionPrivate ownership has turbocharged Boots
Have a conversation with Stefano Pessina and it won’t be long before he utters the phrase “double-digit growth” in his distinctive Italian accent. People who work with him probably hear him saying it in their sleep. It is his mantra and Alliance Boots has pulled it off again this year ...
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Analysis
The new North-South divide
With looming public sector cuts and job losses set to hit the North harder than the South, will regional disparities return?
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OpinionA nail-biting time for Ocado
Now the election is out of the way, chiefs of private retailers with an eye on a IPO - Ocado among them - will anxiously follow the political and economic weather reports and consider whether they can get their floats away.
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OpinionVolatile shoppers show job ahead of David Cameron
Talk to retailers about the market at the moment and there is one word they are using to describe trading, and that’s volatile.
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AnalysisPrivate equity rushes back into retail
After two years on the sidelines private equity money is back in retail. George MacDonald finds out why and what investors are looking for
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AnalysisThe common denominator
Kingfisher international boss Peter Høgsted is convinced group sourcing of common ranges is the DIY giant’s biggest opportunity to cut costs and boost differentiation.